Ian Madigan

They're happy for him to do that.

No, but you look at the chip and chase he did against Bordeaux and who he was up against when he did that, you know, none other than Penno.

Like, that was just a phenomenal piece of skill.

The ability to catch the ball and get it onto your foot and delicately get it into the in-goal area.

And then the sheer athleticism, the speed that he offers is sensational.

Like, and...

single-handedly against Leinster like those big moments where he's got license to go off script and pick a line that he thinks this is on now and it's up to the players around him to then follow him in whereas in another team structure they'd say no we don't want you doing that because if you get tackled

you're most likely going to get turned over because there's not going to be support with you.

Whereas in that Northampton system, he has free reign to do as he pleases.

Yeah, backed it up with a great celebration, the pulse check, which is... The French hate this pulse check.

Yeah, it's a funny one.

I think part of the French though will really enjoy it, you know, and he's the pantomime villain and that's great for rugby.

You know, we're all talking about him leading into this and yeah, look, it's great for the game.

What I will say about him is he backs it up

Even leading into the weekend, that was a tough game they had against Saracens and a lot of publicity around the match room or matchmaker as you call the post game.

Was he going to be able to back it up?

And he just strikes me as the kind of guy that the more cameras that are on him, the more eyeballs that are on him, the more that he can find within himself, which is really impressive.

It can be in a team environment, but at the same time, you know, pave your own way.

You know, you've got to, if these opportunities are presenting to yourself and you've got the right management team around you to get you on the likes of Graham Norton, why not?

You know, and he's got the personality to back it up.